A 22-year-old man with sickle cell disease presents with chest pain, fever, tachypnoea and new pulmonary infiltrate on chest X-ray. He is hypoxic. Wha...

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A 22-year-old man with sickle cell disease presents with chest pain, fever, tachypnoea and new pulmonary infiltrate on chest X-ray. He is hypoxic. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Acute chest syndrome

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Pulmonary embolism

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Community-acquired pneumonia unrelated to sickle cell

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Asthma exacerbation

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Myocardial infarction

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Acute chest syndrome

A 22-year-old man with sickle cell disease presents with chest pain, fever, tachypnoea and new pulmonary infiltrate on chest X-ray. He is hypoxic. What is the most likely diagnosis?